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Economic investigations in twentieth-century detective fiction : expenditure, labor, value / Yan Zi-Ling.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zi-Ling, Yan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, American.
- Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, English.
- Labor in literature.
- Value in literature.
- Economics in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 204 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate, [2015]
- Contents:
- Ideology critique and economics in detective fiction
- Conservationism, enclosure, and totalitarianism
- Expenditure and discursive recuperation
- Clue, value, and counterfeit
- Detective labor
- Hard-boiled gift-labor and the aneconomic gift
- Conclusion: The theatrical economy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781472452535
- 1472452534
- OCLC:
- 892728212
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